• GOG freebie - Hell Division

    From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 21 12:05:03 2023
    https://www.gog.com/game/hell_division

    Pilot a drone! Drone on!

    Lowest price over the past month, $0.69. Niccee.

    But free. Get it. Get to the chopper!

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 21 13:49:04 2023
    On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:05:03 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.gog.com/game/hell_division

    Pilot a drone! Drone on!

    Lowest price over the past month, $0.69. Niccee.

    But free. Get it. Get to the chopper!

    I know I will forget about this game by tomorrow but that won't stop
    me from adding it to my library today.

    Thank you Zag.

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 21 17:36:47 2023
    On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:05:03 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.gog.com/game/hell_division

    Pilot a drone! Drone on!
    Lowest price over the past month, $0.69. Niccee.
    But free. Get it. Get to the chopper!


    Well, I mean, if you're going to be so insistent about it, fine, I
    will.

    Because otherwise, normally being so cautious about adding to my video
    game library, I'd decline. But I wouldn't want to offend. ;-)

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Wed Jun 21 16:15:09 2023
    On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 10:05:08 AM UTC-7, Zaghadka wrote:
    https://www.gog.com/game/hell_division

    Pilot a drone! Drone on!

    Lowest price over the past month, $0.69. Niccee.

    But free. Get it. Get to the chopper!

    Get to da CHOPPAH!

    I got it, downloading and trying it now.

    The 4 to 1 reviews of stuff like "cash grab" and "bad controls"
    to one glowing review is not encouraging, but I need a break from
    ER and this looks possibly fun for a bit. I'll update with my
    impressions afterward.

    - Justisaur

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Justisaur on Wed Jun 21 16:38:49 2023
    On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 4:15:10 PM UTC-7, Justisaur wrote:
    On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 10:05:08 AM UTC-7, Zaghadka wrote:
    https://www.gog.com/game/hell_division

    Pilot a drone! Drone on!

    Lowest price over the past month, $0.69. Niccee.

    But free. Get it. Get to the chopper!
    Get to da CHOPPAH!

    I got it, downloading and trying it now.

    The 4 to 1 reviews of stuff like "cash grab" and "bad controls"
    to one glowing review is not encouraging, but I need a break from
    ER and this looks possibly fun for a bit. I'll update with my
    impressions afterward.

    Oof, yeah unplayable controls. You can't aim up or down, you can
    only fly up or down to target enemy drones at that elevation, meanwhile
    they can target you from any elevation. I tried remapping some of the
    keys and now I can't turn left or right, only strafe l/r which made it even worse, and there's no reset on the controls.

    It has a controller mapping, but that only has directions on the left
    stick and you can't remap any controls, so you still have to use the kb/
    mouse to do everything else.

    I'd put this in the unfinished unplayable category.

    I'm curious why it opens steam VR when I launch it though, maybe
    someone with steam vr can give it a try and see if it's playable
    there. I didn't see anything making it worth playing even if so
    though.

    - Justisaur

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Thu Jun 22 04:14:20 2023
    Got it, but I doubt I will play it.


    Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
    https://www.gog.com/game/hell_division

    Pilot a drone! Drone on!

    Lowest price over the past month, $0.69. Niccee.

    But free. Get it. Get to the chopper!


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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to justisaur@gmail.com on Thu Jun 22 09:31:52 2023
    On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:38:49 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
    <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 4:15:10?PM UTC-7, Justisaur wrote:
    On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 10:05:08?AM UTC-7, Zaghadka wrote:
    https://www.gog.com/game/hell_division

    Pilot a drone! Drone on!

    Lowest price over the past month, $0.69. Niccee.

    But free. Get it. Get to the chopper!
    Get to da CHOPPAH!

    I got it, downloading and trying it now.

    The 4 to 1 reviews of stuff like "cash grab" and "bad controls"
    to one glowing review is not encouraging, but I need a break from
    ER and this looks possibly fun for a bit. I'll update with my
    impressions afterward.

    Oof, yeah unplayable controls. You can't aim up or down, you can
    only fly up or down to target enemy drones at that elevation, meanwhile
    they can target you from any elevation. I tried remapping some of the
    keys and now I can't turn left or right, only strafe l/r which made it even >worse, and there's no reset on the controls.

    It has a controller mapping, but that only has directions on the left
    stick and you can't remap any controls, so you still have to use the kb/ >mouse to do everything else.


    Honestly, it sort of looks like the Drone mini-game from the newest
    (2021) "Comanche" game, which had similarly poor controls and
    gameplay. It's from a completely different developer though, so the
    connection is tenuous.

    But free is free, and the number incremented upwards by one, so it's
    not a total loss.

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